Michael Waugh is a revered songwriter, a compelling live performer and an extraordinary storyteller.

Among his admirers are Josh Cunningham from The Waifs, iconic singer-songwriter Eric Bogle and alt. country luminaries Fanny Lumsden and Shane Nicholson. Michael has been the recipient of many awards including Folk and Roots album of the Year (Music Victoria Awards), Songs of Peace and Tolerance award (Pt. Fairy Folk Festival) and Heritage Song of the Year (Golden Guitar Awards). 

Michael's new album ‘Beauty & Truth’ paints vivid, joyous, funny and loving pictures of growing up queer in rural Australia. In 2024 it won the prestigious Folk Alliance 'Contemporary Folk Album of the Year' award and received five nominations in the 2025 Golden Guitar Awards. 

"His lyrics stop me in my tracks" — Fanny Lumsden  

"When Michael Waugh opens his mouth, you should listen." — Andrew McMillen - The Australian.... 

“Some albums are great. A few albums are important. Very few are both great and important but Australian Michael Waugh’s latest ‘Beauty & Truth’ undoubtedly is.”

 -— RnR Magazine U.K.  

"Experiencing his new record made me feel like I’d encountered something that had genuinely made me a better, more empathetic person." — Josh Cunningham – The Waifs... 

”If you give Beauty &Truth thirty seven minutes of your day, the emotional return-on-investment is off the charts: proof positive that whoever you are, you’re not the only one.”
— Alan Cackett - Americana, Country, Roots & Bluegrass Review U.K.

"Michael Waugh has created a masterful album that more than lives up to its title.” — Rhythms Magazine.

"One of Australia's finest songwriters." — Stuart Coupe - author, music commentator and radio presenter...

"Michael takes all these elements of the human condition and lyrically moulds them into something that is very special indeed, the mark of a compassionate and insightful human being and a gifted songwriter." — Eric Bogle...